people are chewing over the situation, which is quite a complex one. so, to discuss it, i m joined now by the political analyst alex kouchner. alex, viewers will maybe remember your surname. yourfather served in successive french governments. you will then, therefore, have been watching french politics for quite some time. how would you compare the situation now to what it was five years ago, because it s the same two people who are running for election? yes, round numbertwo, but things have dramatically changed. five years ago, both candidates claimed they would change the system. they were challengers, if you will. now, emmanuel macron has a record. he s the sitting president, so he has to own to his own record, and marine le pen has to put behind her her very bad 2017 campaign, and what has shifted is french society. political parties are in disarray. the french society has cracks it has never seen before. we ve had the gilets jaunes,
so, to discuss it, i m joined now by the political analyst alex kouchner. alex, viewers will maybe remember your surname. yourfather served in successive french governments. you will then, therefore, have been watching french in all, around the world, 48.7 million people how would you compare the situation now to what it was five years ago, because it s the same two people who are running for election? yes, round numbertwo, but things have dramatically changed. five years ago, both candidates claimed they would change the system. they were challengers, if you will. now, emmanuel macron has a record. he s the sitting president, so he has to own to his own record, and marine le pen has to put behind her her very bad 2017 campaign, and what has shifted is french society. political parties are in disarray. the french society has cracks it has never seen before. we ve had the gilets jaunes, then we ve had covid, now we have the ukraine war,
alex, viewers will maybe remember your surname. your father served in successive french governments. you will then therefore have been watching french politics for quite some time. how would you compare the situation now to what it was five years ago because it s the same two people who are running for election? yes, round number two, but things have dramatically changed. five years ago, both candidates claimed they would change the system. they were challengers, if you will. now, emmanuel macron has a record. he s a sitting president. so, he has to own to his own record. and marine le pen has to put behind her her very bad 2017 campaign. and what has shifted is french society. political parties are in disarray. the french society has cracks it
to his own record. and marine le pen has to put behind her her very bad 2017 campaign. and what has shifted is french society. political parties are in disarray. the french society has cracks it has never seen before. we have had the gilets jaunes, then we had covid, and now we have the ukraine war. so, what you have today is a very tough political landscape for both candidates. we saw in the first round the traditional parties of the left and the right, the socialists and the republicans, an abysmal result. has the traditional left right split gone out? well, party wise, yes. as you say, they were all but written off. the socialist party, who has actually given us more last president before emmanuel macron, did i.7%. that is dismal. and the conservative party are now under six. they are all but written off nationally, but politically, you still have politics
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